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For the first time in his professional career, [tag]Shane Victorino[/tag] is going to be given the opportunity to patrol the [tag]Philadelphia Phillies[/tag] outfield for a full season. Why should you be thinking Victorino, who’s a corner OF with no pop? Well, he’s the fastest guy on the team. And new hire base coach Davey Lopes thinks Victorino could swipe 30+ bases this season. He’s notched 40+ SB’s twice in his minor league career, so there is some history of success there.

If you’re a projections kind of rotohead, None of the big projection systems agree with my above statement. Bill James is the most gracious towards Victorino giving him a projected 2007 line of:

Victorino - .266/.319/.401 12HR 11SB in 538 AB’s

Take the good vibes from Lopes above with the bad news from Bill James with a grain of salt. Just don’t take Victorino in your draft just yet. But you’d better keep an eye on him on the waiver wire. You don’t want to be the bozo who didn’t grab this guy in April if he shows his wheels are for real.

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